RAM(4)              Linux Programmer's Manual              RAM(4)

NAME
       ram - ram disk device

DESCRIPTION
       Ram  is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.

       It is typically created by:

              mknod -m 660 /dev/ram b 1 1
              chown root:disk /dev/ram

FILES
       /dev/ram

SEE ALSO
       mknod(1), chown(1), mount(8)

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